I arrive in Long Beach Wednesday evening, and I'll moderate two panels this year, both on Friday. At 11:30 a.m.. it's "Belfast Noir: Stories of Mayhem and Murder from Northern Ireland," and then, after I eat a modest but nutritious lunch and brush my teeth, I'll be back at 3 p.m. with "Beyond Hammett, Chandler, and Spillane: Lesser Known Writers of the Pulp and Paperback Eras."

In the meantime, here's an idea of what Bouchercons are like. See you in Long Beach.

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Seana's, that's what work is for. It's a place to recover from conventions. This year is a test, though. I don't think I've ever attended two conventions so close together. But life is about meeting challenges.

I plan to mention some of the book's Long Beach references and descriptions. Dorpthy B. Hughes also invokes Long Beach, as does, on our own time, Gary Phillips, who will also be part of one of my panels, not to mention Paul Cain in Fast One.

I think they're both pretty high on Sarah Weinman's list. The Weinman-edited collection pictured at lower left in the photo above includes a story by Hughes, and I think the volumes Sarah is editing for the Library of America may include one of Hitchens' novels.

Well, I became interested in Signal Hill a couple of years ago when my sister pointed out that we had a tiny oil lease there. And then your mention of it plus the fact that I would be visiting Long Beach specifically rather than just viewing it as a part of the greater L.A. sprawl made the book especially intriguing.

....lurve it and the Recollections of True Detective Peter Rozovsky because I remember you well, from that Chelsea Hotel, and looking forward to hooking up with the crazy Canadian cop, ex-RCMP and now with the Philly PD, and in charge of their Canine Unit, sniffer dogs and cat mysteries - but in his spare time, he's a noir guy and does a wonderful impersonation of Dr Strangebiff

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